weather moving in for your morning commute. we're live in the mobile weather lab with road conditions. it's super tuesday. more delegates are at stake today than any other day in the primary season. republican donald trump and democrat hillary clinton are the heavy favorites. the city of ames and iowa state university is conducting a study of the safety of the road where a cyride bus hit and killed 18 year old emmalee jacobs. one dubuque county syrup producer is ahead of the game this year thanks to the warm temperatures during the day and the cold temperatures at night. today is the start of cedar rapids restaurant week. this year, restaurant- goers will have the chance to vote for their favorite meal through social media. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara

alert forecast, kaj... light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very trend is still out there for the weekend, week.today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow night: chance of snow low: 26-32

well, chris and nicole the roads right now are pretty slick. i am . here we got a mix of

nearly 15-hundred delegates are up for grabs today in the race for the white house. super tuesday represents just more than 20% of the all delegates that will be considered for the nominations. taking a look at the delegate assignments so far according to bloomberg politics... on the republican side, donald trump has 81 delegates. ted cruz and marco rubio are tied with 17. ben carson and john kasich have single digit delegates assigned. for the democrats hillary clinton leads with 448 and 358 of those are super delegates. while bernie sanders has 80 with

clinton is riding a wave of support after her big finish in south carolina. in the most recent polls, clinton is expected to finish even stronger after today. she shifted her focus to the g-o-p competitors but sanders is not giving up. "if i were grading some of those republicans, remember the little box that used to be on your kids' report cards? play well with others. i'd have to put a big no. democracy requires that we play well with others." "we are listening to the american people and their pain and their needs rather than hustling all over the country, collecting millions of dollars from the one percent. " donald trump is leading in the polls for most of the voting states today. ted cruz and marco rubio are neck and neck for second place and are trying to cut down trump's lead. a cedar rapids man accused of attempted

to iowa. u-s marshals arrested 28- year-old cordarryl smith in ottawa, illinois yesterday. authorities took him into custody after they say he tried to get away. police were searching for smith after they say he shot a 38 year old man twice back in september. it happened outside of a home at 15-32 4th avenue southeast. the man survived his injuries. a waterloo man convicted of killing a man last year will get a new trial. 25-year-old perquondis holmes faces a first degree murder charge for the death in 20-13. his attorneys say the judge shouldn't have allowed prosecutors to use some facebook photos during the trial. the pictures showed him and another man using gang signs. police say holmes shot at another car that had pulled into a parking lot behind an apartment building. the bullets killed 18 year old daequan campbell. a judge has not set a date for holmes' new trial. the university of iowa's interim public safety director is in trouble for not cooperating with officers during a drunken

incident involving his stepson. court records show dave visin's stepson, sean carter, was drunk when his truck hit two cars outside of a bar on june 25th. visin picked up carter, drove away and refused to pull over when police tried to stop them. visin claims he didn't know anything about carter's crash. he dropped carter off at a gas station and left before police got there. in a tv-9 follow-up this morning.. the city of ames is teaming up with iowa state to hire a consulting firm to look at safety issues along lincoln way. that's the same street where a cyride bus hit and killed 18 year old urbana native emmalee jacobs just over two months ago. ames city engineers say there is no correlation between the december hit and run and the safety study. they just want to make a busy road safer for everyone especially with continued growth in student population. "i think before we had a good balance between vehicles and cars but now when you have a heavy increase in pedestrian 1:28 we want to get ahead of it before we have safety concerns 3. "

part of the city's long- are still working to finalize a consulting firms. these two dishes are just a couple that will be featured throughout cedar rapids this week. these are beef short ribs, with a soy caramel zeppelins. in our area. today kicks off cedar rapids restaurant week. and this year's theme is the hungry games. it's a way to recognize the best restaurants cedar rapids has to offer. kcrg-tv nine's brea love join us from the newsroom. brea, this week is also a social media competition? it is, foodies can visit the participating restaurants and vote for them online. each one is offering a 10 dollar lunch and 25 dollar dinner specials. the top four winners will participate in the dinner of champions next week. there, they will compete to be crowned the best restaurant in cedar rapids each one of the 29 participating will display their special dishes, in effort to win over costumers. it is chance for restaurants to show off their

eateries. "theres so many restaurants that are family owned, small businesses, they're supporting families, and you have a lot of these people that come in every single day and they're just pouring their hearts out, giving all of their passion and all of their soul into trying to make that business work every single day." this the third annual year for restaurant week, and it runs through sunday. a link to the full list of participating restaurants is under this story on kcrg dot com. live in the newsroom, brea love, kcrg-tv nine news. voting for kcrg-tv9's a list starts today! you can have a say in the area's best restaurants, bars, and stores in the tv-9 viewing area. go to our website kcrg dot com and click on the a-list logo on the right hand side. voting ends on the 31st and we will announce the winners online and on tv-9 the week of april 4th. there's more proof this morning that snapchat is growing in popularity. and there's a new smart umbrella

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temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow

increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week. today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow night: chance of snow low: 26-32 winds: se 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 26 iow: 30

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states vote for a presidential nominee looms over what's been a wild race to the white house. early states narrowed both presidential fields but frontrunners donald trump and hillary clinton are hoping to strengthen their lead. abc's stephanie ramos reports from alexandria, virginia.

the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and 10 delegates at stake. hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination. cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights." ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nomination nats rubio rally -"you know what they say about a man with small hands..." marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?. but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?marched out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. sot hrc "america's already great- make it

bernie sanders? sanders "now it is time for political revolution." but a fundraising email from clinton beyond sanders and targeting gop frontrunner donald trump the latest national republican voters would support a president trump. tag- here in virginia - voter turnout today is expected to be huge - much more than the last time both parties held presidential primaries. stephanie ramos abc news alexandria, virginia voters in ainsworth are going out to choose a new city council member today. while, people in kalona will decide if their community will get an expensive renovation. city leaders say it will be well worth it. you're looking live on our camera. kaj will be back right after the

first alert forecast. light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow

increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week. today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow night: chance of snow low: 26-32 winds: se 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 26 iow: 30

those going to newbo city market this spring will those going to newbo city market this spring will see a new booth. one non-profit organization is going to start selling produce grown right in cedar rapids. more coming up. stay with tv-9. it's .

you're looking live on our city cam. it's march first, here's what you need to know today. we've got a mix of wintry weather moving in for your morning commute. we're live in the mobile weather lab with road conditions. it's super tuesday. more delegates are at stake today than any other day in the primary season. republican donald trump and democrat hillary clinton are the heavy favorites. the city of ames and iowa state university are conducting a study of road safety -- where a cyride bus hit and an killed 18 year old student. one dubuque county syrup producer is ahead of the game this year thanks to the warm temperatures during the day and the cold temperatures at night.

rapids restaurant week. this year, restaurant- goers will have the chance to vote for their favorite meal through social media. you're watching kcrg-tv9. now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrg-tv9 news morning news. first, meteorologis t kaj o'mara has your first alert forecast, kaj... light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute.

and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week.today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow night: chance of snow low: 26-32 winds: se 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 26 iow: 30 well, chris and nicole the roads right now are pretty slick. i am . here we got a mix of rain and snow which made for the

two people are in the hospital after an early morning fire. the cedar rapids fire

street sw just before 2 a-m. fire crews said they got the flames under control as of 2:30 but were looking for hotspots. officials are uncertain what the cause is yet but have called out an investigator. an ambulance took two people to u-i-h-c for smoke inhalation. today will be the biggest test for the remaining presidential candidates. it's super tuesday, meaning there are more delegates at stake today than any other single day in the primary season. taking a look at the delegate assignments so far according to bloomberg politics... for the democrats, hillary clinton leads with 448 and 358 of those are super delegates. bernie sanders has 80 with 15 super delegates. on the republican side, donald trump has 81 delegates. ted cruz and marco rubio are tied with 17. ben carson and john kasich have single digit delegates. in the hours leading up to today, cruz and rubio tried to make up ground behind trump. the republican frontrunner also

under fire from his own party. one g-o-p representativ e from nebraska says he hopes the election doesn't come down to trump and hillary clinton. "i am not voting for hillary clinton. given what we know about donald trump, i can't vote for him either. i took an oath to protect, defend the constitution. if those are the two major party nominees, and i hope they're not, i have to look for a third party option. " clinton focused her efforts on attacking the g-o-p and not sanders, who is still confident he can win the nomination. while iowa's caucuses were exactly one month ago, some eastern iowans are heading to the polls today for local votes. voters in ainsworth will choose a new city council member today. the mayor resigned in january -- which lead to the appointment of a city council member to that position. the polls are open from noon to 8 pm today at the ainsworth fire station. while voters in kalona will vote on a bond referendum for a new community center. city leaders say the current building is run down and needs to be renovated.

taxpayer with a home assessed at $100,000 dollars, an extra $92.34 per year. a new vendor is making its home at newbo city market in cedar rapids this spring. matthew 25 will set up shop in the permanent vendor section of the market. the non-profit is already preparing for the growing season by starting plants for the urban farm on the city's northwest side. it'll sell that produce at the newbo space. they sell it for half price to income-eligible families and full price to others. "21:55:16 we hope it will increase the number of families we serve. that more people will be able to get access and hopefully long term maybe this will lead to us getting more land to grow more food for more people." the organization also wants this to become an educational opportunity. "21:54:00 at the urban farm we have african immigrants that are growing their own produce who eventually want to start their own business, so this will be a place where they can sell some of their produce and really learn

the organization says it'll be inside the city market each thursday from 4 until 8 from may through november. newbo says it hopes the group will continue serving produce after that as well. it's restaurant week in cedar rapids! it kicks off during lunch today, with the theme " the hungry games" the event is a way to recognize the best restaurants this area has to offer. kcrg-tv9's brea love join us at the desk this morning. brea, the week involves a social media competition? yes, it's the competition, before the competition. foodies can dine at more than two dozen participating restaurants. they will be served special menu items, at special prices, and then vote for their favorites. and the top four, get to compete to see who is the best in cedar rapids. preparations are underway, and plates are being perfected. while this may be the third year for restaurant week, it's zepplin's first. and these cooks, have a game plan. "trying to keep things fun, show a little bit of the talent that the kitchen staff has in the kitchen, and be able to give our regular costumers something new." it's using dishes like sticky

glazed with soy caramel to come out on top. something you wouldn't see on the normal menu. "people always like to see that little extra step and when you put a lot of different flavors onto a plate, as long as they combine to make one wonderful plate." zepplin's and 28 other participating restaurants hope those wonderful plates send them to the top chef style, dinner of champions competition on march 10th. there the best restaurant in cedar rapids will be crowned. about competition. officials say it's a call to support local. "in the restaurant business the margins are very small, they don't have huge ad budgets, huge marketing budgets, so to be able to do things this engaging, this fun, that brings in the social element, that brings in the competition element, the restaurants are really excited about it." oathout says restaurant week is something very important for local food. "there's so many restaurants that are family owned, small businesses, they're supporting families, and you have a lot of these people that come in every single day and they're just pouring their hearts out, giving all of their passion and all of their soul into trying to make that business work every single day." restaurant week runs through

i've put a full list of the participating restaurants under this story on kcrg dot com. chris and nicole? i'm hoping to try a place this week. thanks a lot brea. voting for kcrg-tv9's a list starts today! you can have a say in what are the best restaurants, bars, and stores in the tv-9 viewing area. you can go to our website kcrg.com and click on the a-list logo on the right hand side. voting ends on the 31st and we will announce the winners online and on tv-9 the week of april 4th.

kcrg-tv9 student of the month. our first student is jimena fierro perez. she's a 13 year old from west liberty middle school. jimena loves computer science and helped start a technology club for girls in 6th - 8th grade. she's involved in music and athletics and is working hard in school for the opportunity to go to college. high school, grace shemanski. the 18 year old is a regular on the honor roll and is involved in numerous activities in and out of school, including 4-h, fine arts and athletics. she has also worked as an intern for the mississippi valley regional blood center. we'll round out our finalists with mitchell mccauley, a sophomore at center point urbana. mitchell is natural leader and at the top of his class in school. in addition to his involvement in athletics and local non-profits, he participates in f-c-a - fellowship of christian athletes. you can vote now for our student of the month. head to kcrg dot com slash student of the month to find the ballot and more information

feature the winner at the end of the month. lisbon schools and businesses are cleaning up some graffiti. police say security footage shows multiple people were involved and are following some leads. up next... this morning's weather wise question. meteorologist kaj o'mara is up right after the break.

first alert storm team

joins us now. light snow is possible through mid-morning with temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for slick conditions during the commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky

should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week.today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow

winds: se 5-15 alo: 28 dbq: 26 iow: 30

for the weekend. and one eastern iowa syrup producer says the warm temperatures and cold nights are leading to record production. that and more still to come on

buildings. police think these phrases popped up sometime between february 20th and 21st. two downtown businesses were also affected, "d and d body shop" and hills bank. the police chief thinks they're all connected and security footage suggests multiple vandals. police say they don't have any suspects, but do have some leads. if you have any information you can call linn county crime stoppers. the highland community school district in riverside is preparing to cut its budget by $500,000. the superintenden t blames the projected

and not enough state funding. he says pretty much everything is on the table for possible cuts. that includes possibly closing an elementary school and cutting teachers and administrator s. final budget decisions should come next month. we have an update to a story we reported earlier this year the f-d-a is demanding new safety trials and warning labels for a permanent form of birth control called essure. it's a coil that a doctor implants into a woman's fallopian tubes. the f-d-a took action after receiving complaints from women who say they suffered serious complications from the device. side effects include severe pain, bleeding, and hair loss. the company that owns the device, bayer, says it plans to work with the f-d-a to ensure the safe use of the product. it may not feel like spring today, but a dubuque county commercial syrup producer says spring has come early. brian wolf and his family run big timber syrup near bankston. wolf says the recent warmer daily temperatures, combined with freezing

trees are rapidly producing syrup. even this morning's snow is helpful in the process. "we're about three weeks ahead of schedule actually. the weather has changed so fast and we had to hurry it up a little bit because we weren't expecting this. " big timber has already produced 200 gallons of maple syrup this season. wolf says, last year, they didn't even start the production process until march 10th. now here's our morning mugshot on your tuesday. it's the systems unlimited gala and silent auction. systems unlimited provides services for individuals with disabilities and mental health challenges in eastern iowa. the gala will be march 4th at the celebration farm in iowa city. there will be dueling pianos, a dessert auction and a silent auction with some spectacular items. tickets are 35 dollars in advance and 40 at the door. for more information about the event, head to s-u-i dot org. kaj will be back right after the break with a final look at your forecast.

door on your tuesday. it's super tuesday. voters in 11 states will vote in primaries or caucuses. more delegates are at stake today than on any other day during the entire primary season. republican donald trump and democrat hillary clinton are the heavy favorites. we'll check in one last time with meteorologis t justin gehrts in our mobile weather lab. justin, people are about to hit the roads for their morning commute. how are the roads looking? roads will be a bit tricky as you head out the door this morning. watch the on and off ramps as you get on and off the highways. leave some extra time as you're trying to get to where you need to go today.

temperatures hanging around 30 for most of the day in many areas. watch the area roads over the northern half of the area especially for commute. tonight, a combo of clear sky and light wind should allow for temperatures to drop into the upper teens to low 20s, depending on snow cover. tomorrow, plan on clouds to increase again as another weak system comes across iowa for tomorrow night. snow accumulation s, if any, appear to be very light once again. a warming trend is still out there for the weekend, and especially going into next week. today: chance of snow early high: 28-34 winds: n 10-20 alo: 28 dbq: 29 iow: 33tonight: clear and cool low: 17-23 winds: nw 5-10 alo: 15 dbq: 18 iow: 22tomorrow: mostly cloudy high: 34-40 winds: s 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 32 iow: 37tomorrow we certainly hope your is

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